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[View Details] HIB Spot--Studying Online Search Behaviors - February 16, 2006
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Summary: The guests of the program are Dr. Barbara Wildemuth from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dr. Carol Barry from the Louisiana State University. Dr. Wildemuth's research focuses on computer-mediated information seeking in particular domains (medicine/health, law), while Dr Barry's research is about users' relevance criteria in information seeking. Since mid-2004, Wildemuth and Barry have been conducting a Delphi study about the variables that should be included in studies of online searching behaviors. Multiple facets related to the area are being included in their study, such as variables related to the person/user (demographic variables, the user's understanding/knowledge, and psychological/ personality variables) and variables related to the search process (search topics/tasks, search behaviors, and search outcomes). The guests will discuss the preliminary findings of this unique study and comment on their experiences in using Delphi method.
Links relevant to the program:
Delphi Project Website
Barbara Wildemuth's webpage - http://www.ils.unc.edu/~wildem/wildemuth.html
Carol Barry's vitae - http://slis.lsu.edu/faculty/barry.pdf
LiSRadio Webcasts - HIB Spot Series
Summary: The guests of the program are Dr. Barbara Wildemuth from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dr. Carol Barry from the Louisiana State University. Dr. Wildemuth's research focuses on computer-mediated information seeking in particular domains (medicine/health, law), while Dr Barry's research is about users' relevance criteria in information seeking. Since mid-2004, Wildemuth and Barry have been conducting a Delphi study about the variables that should be included in studies of online searching behaviors. Multiple facets related to the area are being included in their study, such as variables related to the person/user (demographic variables, the user's understanding/knowledge, and psychological/ personality variables) and variables related to the search process (search topics/tasks, search behaviors, and search outcomes). The guests will discuss the preliminary findings of this unique study and comment on their experiences in using Delphi method.
Links relevant to the program:
Delphi Project Website
Barbara Wildemuth's webpage - http://www.ils.unc.edu/~wildem/wildemuth.html
Carol Barry's vitae - http://slis.lsu.edu/faculty/barry.pdf
[View Details] Information Behavior on the Web--Sanda Erdelez Interviews Brian Detlors - January 31, 2006
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Summary: The guest of the program is Dr. Brian Detlor (detlorb@mcmaster.ca), Associate Professor of Information Systems, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Canada. Dr. Detlor's research focuses on the factors influencing information seeking on the Web, with particular emphasis on portal implementations found in library, corporate, government and virtual community contexts. His book Towards Knowledge Portals: From Human Issues to Intelligent Agents was published in 2004 by Springer.
Useful links: Dr. Detlor's website: http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/msis/profs/detlorb/
LiSRadio Webcasts - HIB Spot Series
Summary: The guest of the program is Dr. Brian Detlor (detlorb@mcmaster.ca), Associate Professor of Information Systems, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Canada. Dr. Detlor's research focuses on the factors influencing information seeking on the Web, with particular emphasis on portal implementations found in library, corporate, government and virtual community contexts. His book Towards Knowledge Portals: From Human Issues to Intelligent Agents was published in 2004 by Springer.
Useful links: Dr. Detlor's website: http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/msis/profs/detlorb/
[View Details] HIB Spot: Interview with Dr. Kevin Rioux - December 13, 2005
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Summary: The guest of the program was Dr. Kevin Rioux, Assistant Professor at the Division of Information Science, St. John's University, NY. Dr. Rioux is the current chair of the Special Interest Group on Information Needs Seeking and Use (SIG USE) within the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). He shares the most interesting points from the recent 5th SIG USE Research Symposium on special populations in information behavior research.
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Kevin Rioux
SIG USE
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Summary: The guest of the program was Dr. Kevin Rioux, Assistant Professor at the Division of Information Science, St. John's University, NY. Dr. Rioux is the current chair of the Special Interest Group on Information Needs Seeking and Use (SIG USE) within the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). He shares the most interesting points from the recent 5th SIG USE Research Symposium on special populations in information behavior research.
Related links:
Kevin Rioux
SIG USE
[View Details] Human Information Behavior - September 20, 2005
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Summary: The guest of this show was Dr. Karen Fisher from the University of Washington. Dr. Fisher, who is also a chair of ASIST SIG USE, (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGUSE/) talked about the book Theories of Information Behavior (http://books.infotoday.com/asist/theorofinbeh.shtml) (Information Today, 2006) that she recently co-edited. This program is of interest to all information professionals, researchers, and students who are curious about the recent developments in the field of human information behavior.
LiSRadio Webcasts - HIB Spot Series
Summary: The guest of this show was Dr. Karen Fisher from the University of Washington. Dr. Fisher, who is also a chair of ASIST SIG USE, (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGUSE/) talked about the book Theories of Information Behavior (http://books.infotoday.com/asist/theorofinbeh.shtml) (Information Today, 2006) that she recently co-edited. This program is of interest to all information professionals, researchers, and students who are curious about the recent developments in the field of human information behavior.
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